Life Cycle Flashcards
Bowlby attachment styles
- Secure (almost 2/3 of infants in the developed world)
- Anxious-ambivalent (preoccupied)
- Anxious-avoidant (dismissing)
Holding environment
In the relationship of the environment, kids have several basic needs
- Attachment
- Responsive balance of stimulation and soothing
- Separation and individuation through exploration
- Self-determined activity
Piaget Birth to age 2
Sensorimotor
Link movement with senses
Piaget 2-6
Preoperational
language to structure memory
magical thinking
Piaget 6-11
concrete operational - start using rational thought but need to see it and touch it
Piaget adulthood
formal operational - think through things that they cant see
Schema
a general framework that provides a model for understanding some aspect of the world
Assimilation
making new information fit into existing schemata
Accomodation
changing existing schemata in light of new info
Equilibrium
Back and forth process of experiencing the world and adjusting understanding is
Infancy - major task
to learn trust through appropriate and attuned responsiveness leading to a secure attachment
Neurological Development
Critical factor in accomplishing developmental tasks
Primary psychological task
to establish a secure attachment to one person leading to basic trust
The orchid hypothesis
Constitutionally based individual differences in emotional, motor, and attentional reactivity and self-regulation
The big 5
neuroticism extraversion openness to experience agreeableness conscientiousness
Sensitive and attuned parenting in creating a secure attachment requires caregiver to
Be aware of baby signals
Accurately interpret baby signal
Respond appropriately
Respond promptly
As a result of sensitive and attuned parenting, infants
cry less
develop a wider repertoire of communication
are more obedient to the commands of the mother
Stranger Anxiety
begins 6/8 - peaks 10/14
Distress with unfamiliar person indicates good development
Stranger anxiety requires
ability to remember mothers face
compare it with another face
realize the difference
realize mother is not there
Transitional object
An object to which a child forms an attachment, and aids in the development of the capacity of self-soother
Toddler 18-3 years
self assertion and increased bodily control and self regulation
Toddlers and preschoolers in your office
talk about it make a book answer questions do it by proxy with doll or stuff animal be honest
Connecting with small children
introduce yourself talk directly to the child find something to comment on let them try a tool if you have one tell them what youre going to do before doing it stickers or hand stamps are good
Sex differences
biological
Gender differences
cultural differences in the bx and roles of males and females
Erikson Birth - 1 year
Trust vs. Mistrust